Holder: Terror trials can be safely held in US
NEW YORK (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says the successful prosecution of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law in New York shows terror trials can be safely held in the United States.
Holder on Tuesday congratulated the trial team that prosecuted Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (SOO'-lay-mahn AH'-boo gayth), who served as al-Qaida spokesman after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Holder met with prosecutors nearly a week after a jury convicted Abu Ghaith of conspiring to kill Americans and aiding al-Qaida.
Holder says the conviction of the 48-year-old Kuwaiti imam puts the political debate to rest over where suspected terrorists should face trial.
Abu Ghaith is the highest ranking al-Qaida figure brought to trial on U.S. soil since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
